Streetwise French dictionary/thesaurus - Ian Pickup

Includes 2,000 "streetwise" expressions that put the fun into learning French. The student of French who is cable (cabled - switched on) will be aux ange (with the angels - over the moon) to discover this fascinating compendium of 2,000 current French colloquial expressions and slang. It features a wealth of exercises and examples as well as tips on where and when to use or not use certain expressions. It all adds up to a rare language tool: one that entertains as it expands vocabulary. Peppered with humorous illustrations by the French illustrator Luc Nisset-Raidon, this book includes thirty-four A-to-Z categories and 130 subcategories with 2,000 terms and expressions, for example: Animals - cats, dogs, farmyard animals, wild animals, and insects; Business - banking, business titles, buying and selling, and making a deal; Clothes - fashion models, shoes, sportswear, underwear, vacation clothes; and, Discourse, conversations - complaining, greetings, interrupting, and saying good-bye.